British royal insignia; royal cypher 英國皇室徽號

British royal insignia; royal cypher
繁：英國皇室徽號
简：英国皇室徽号

本港舊郵筒陷絕種危機！現時全港尚存59個英治時期舊郵筒，當中最古老的已服務市民逾一世紀。但港郵政近日以鑄刻在該批郵筒上的英國皇室徽號不合宜為由，決定用鐵板遮蓋有關標記，統一用上香港郵政的白色蜂鳥標誌，甚至計劃移除部份逾百年歷史的舊郵筒。

港府「去殖化」　舊郵筒要遮皇冠　有官員倡移走　被轟閹割文物（2015年10月5日）。蘋果日報，取自 http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20151005/19321169。

Of the 1,148 iron mailboxes that dot Hong Kong, 59 still bear the royal insignia as they were put in place before 1997, the year the territory reverted to Chinese rule.

Sala, I. M. (2015, October 7). Hong Kong to cover British insignia on postboxes to ‘avoid confusion’.  The Guardian. Retrieved from http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/07/hong-kong-to-cover-british-insignia-on-postboxes-to-avoid-confusion.